Vending-machine.



No. 649,659. Patented May I5, 1900. 0. A. DREI'SBACH &. B. E. FUDGE.

VENDING MACHINE.

(Application filed Mar. 21, 1899.)

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0. A. DBEISBAGH & B. E. FUDGE.

VENDING MACHINE.

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CllARLES A. DREISBACH AND RAYMOND E. FUDGE, OF NEXV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,659, dated May 15,1900.

Application filed March 21, 1899.

T0 (tZZ whom it vim/y concern-1 BeitknownthatwaCHARLEs A.DREISBACH andRAYMOND E. FUDGE, of the city and county of New Haven, in the State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVonding-lVIachines, which is fully set forth and described in thefollowing Specification, taken in connection with the drawings, whichform a part thereof, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation withside casing removed; Fig. 2, a plan sectional view on lines 2 2 of Fig.1; Fig. 3, adetail view of the coinreceptacle closed; Fig. 4, a detailview of the coin receptacle open; Fig. 5, a detail view of thecoin-frame, showing the front and rear bolts; and Fig. 6, an elevationof the shut-off slide.

In all figures similar letters of reference represent like parts.

Our invention relates to an improvement in vending-machines, andmoreparticularly to a machine for the vending of postage stamps, inconnection with the use of a coin or coins placed therein, which iscapable of attachment toa letter-box or may be constructed as a partthereof or set up independently in any suitable place.

The object of our invention consists in the construction of avending-machine in which the deposit of a coin or coins of properdenomination will set in motion upon pressure of a button or boltmechanism for ejecting or delivering into a proper tray, where they maybe removed by the operator, a postagestamp, ticket, or other similararticle which is capable of being fed from said machine.

In the drawings, A represents the casing, divided into an upper andlower portion A and A and consisting of a front a, back a, and sides aand a The upper portion A of said casing is hinged at a to the lowerportion A and secured to the front a of said lower portion A by a lock(6 The front a of said casing A is provided with a coin-slot a,perforation a and receiving-tray a while in the back a of said casing Ais an aperture a", in which a coin-receiving box e is adapted to fit andbe secured therein by means of a look a".

An inclined coiuchute 13, consisting of two Serial No. 709,954. (Nomodel.)

sections 1) and b, is secured to the side a of the casing A in anywell-known manner, the section b of said chute being secured to theupper portion A of said casing A and the section I) to the lower portionA thereof, so that when said casing A is closed the sections 1) and bwill form a continuous chute. The coin-chute l3 communicates at itsupper end with the coin-slot a and has formed at its lower end ahorizontal skeleton frame B (into which the coin or coins are adapted toroll) and has at its end arms I) and b.

A U-shaped plate 0, having a flange c and arms a and 0 is hinged to theside a of the casing A and is held in its normal or closed position bymeans of a spring 0 secured to the side of casing A, so that said flangecfits against the frame I) and prevents the coins from falling out, asshown in Fig. 3, While the outer edges of said arm 0 are beveled at cfor purposes hereinafter described.

Within the casing A and secured to the sides a and a thereof arebearings D,in which is adapted to rotate an axle at, having at the outerends thereof thin circular plates at, of metal or other suitablematerial, forming a. spool (1 on which a roll of stamps (Z or othermaterial to be vended is wound.

A pressure Wheel or roll E the width of the stamp and of hard rubber orother suitable materiahhavin g an axle e, is adapted to rotate inadjustable bearings e, secured to the sides a and of of easing A, andbear against the upper surface of the stamps d as they are being fedfrom the spool d I A feed-wheel F, having an axle f, is adapt ed torotate in bearings f on sides a and a of easing A and bear on the underside of the stamps d as they are fed from the spool (1 the rim of saidwheel F, over which the stamps are being fed, being directly underneathand in line with that portion of the rim of the pressure-roll E underwhich the stamps are passing, thus causing the roll E to revolve byfrictional contact. On the periphery of the feed-wheel F are a series ofslots f each slot being beveled on one side thereof and of equaldistance apart, while on the side of said Wheel F are a series of lugs fcorresponding in number to the slots f and of equal distance apart, sothat the wheel F by pressure of a bolt hereinafter described and adaptedto bear against one of said lugs may be fed the distance from one slotto the succeeding one. (See Fig. 1.)

A horizontal reciprocating bolt G, having at one end a push-button g andat its other end a beveled arm g, extends through the perforation a inthe front a of casing Amid a channel-plate g secured to the side a ofsaid casing A,into one end of frame b of coinchute B and engages theedge of one of the coins, while a spring g is adapted to engage a log 9on said bolt and hold the same in its normal position when, the machineis not in operation.

A horizontal reciprocating rear bolt H is adapted to pass through achannel-plate h,

- secured ,to the side a? of the casing A, and

hear at one end against a spring h, secured to the back ct of casing Ain well-known manher, while the other end of said bolt H, which isbeveled, as shown in Fig. 5, enters between the arms Z1 and b of frame band bears against the opposite edge of the other coin from that whichthe arm g of bolt G engages.

- On the top of said bolt H and pivoted thereto is a cam 7L2, one sideof which is adapted to bear against a lug 72,3 on said bolt and theother side against the tension of a spring 72 alsosecured to said boltH, so that as said bolt H is forced rearward the cam 71. will come incontact with the beveled arm 0 of the plate 0 and be forced inwardthereby against the tension of spring 11 and slide across said arm 0until clear of the same, when spring 71/4 will force cam h outwardagainst lug h ,so that upon the forward movement of the bolt H the camwill engage the arm 0 and force the same outward, thereby forcing plate0 outward until flange c is clear of the side of frame 12 when the coinswill drop .into a secondary coin-chute I, secured to the side a ofeasing A, and into the coinbox a as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

A horizontal reciprocating feed-bolt K passes through a channel-plate70, secured to the side a of the casing A. An arm 70 at the outer end ofsaid bolt K and formed integral therewith is adapted to engage one ofthe lugs f and the inner end of said bolt K to engage one end of ahorizontal lever L, pivoted at Z to the side a of the casing A, Whilethe other end of said lever L engages a lug 71, on the bolt H, A spring75 is adapted to return said bolt to its normal position when themachine is not being operated.

Secured to the front .61, of the casing A in well-known manner is aninclined feedway M, vconsisting of the arms m and m, the lower openingof said way M being directly above and in line with the mouth of thereceivingtray a while the upper ends of arms m and m end in suchrelation to the rims of pressure-roll E and feed-Wheel F that the stampsare fed into the feedway M upon rotation of Said pressure-roll andfeed-wheel, as shown n Fisa A U-shaped lever N, pivoted at n to the'side (A of easing A, has vertical arms n and n Rigidly secured to thearm n is a cutting-blade or, which is adapted to fit when the device isin its normal position between the lower opening of feedway M and themonth of the receiving-tray a to close-the same, while the arm n whichis beveled at its end, engages with one of the slots f in feed-wheel F,being held in position by a flat spring at, one end of which is securedto'side aiof casing A, as shown in Fig. 1.

Pivoted at 0 to the side (6 of easing A is a lever O, on one end ofwhich is an arm 0', and the other end of which is adapted to rest on alug n on arm n of lever N. The arm 0' of lever O is underneath and inline with the next succeeding slotf on wheel F to that in which the armn of lever F is engaged and is held in that position against the tensionof a spring 0 which is of less strength than spring n, which holds arm nin posit-ion.

A lever P, having secured to its upper end a slide 19 and to its lowerend an arm 1), is pivoted to the front a of easing A in a-wellknownmanner.

A lever R, having at one end formed integral therewith a weight 4 and atits other end an arm 0", is pivoted at r to the side a of the casing Aand in such manner that when the stamps are all fed from the spool thearm 7* will engage with the arm 29 of leverp and force the same upward asufficient distance to force lever P sidewise and force the slide 1)between the coin-slot a and mouth of the chute B, as shown in Fig. 6.

In operation, as herein shown, two pennies are dropped into thecoin-chute B through slot a in casing A'and fall into the skeleton frame12 between the beveled edges of bolts G and H in the position shown inFigs. 1 and 5. The operator then pushes the button g, which forces boltG rearward, thus forcing the coins rearward against the beveled end ofbolt H,which is in turn forced rearward against the tension of thespring h. The rearward action of the bolt H causes the lug 72 to pressagainst one end of lever L and force the same rearward, thus forcing theother end of said lever L forward,which in turn forces feed-bolt Kslightly upward and forward against the tension of spring and lug fsufficiently to rotate the feed-wheel F the distance between two of theslots f which is sufficient to feed one stamp through the feedway M andinto the receiving-tray a As feed-wheel F revolves the arm n of thelever N is forced out of the slot f in which it is engaged onto the rimof said feed-wheel and against the tension of spring n thus causing thelever N to turn on its pivot a sufficient distance to withdrawcutting-blade n from between the lower opening of feedwa'y M and themouth of receivingtray a thus allowing the stamp to be fed into thereceiving-tray, as above described. The forcing of the arm 11 out of theslot f in feedwheel F also causes spring 0 to force arm 0 upward againstthe rim of said feed-wheel F, so that when the next succeeding slot f isreached if the cutting-blade should not return to its normal position,so that arm a would engage said succeeding slot f as hereinafterdescribed, arm 0 would be forced into the next succeeding slot toprevent a further rotating of the wheel F. As the bolt H is forcedrearward the cam 77,2 slides over the beveled surface of arm 0 of plate0 against tension of spring 71 and when said boltis in its most rearwardposition said cam 7L2 is clear of said arm 0 and forced against the lug72 by spring 7%. Then the feed-wheel F has been revolved the distancefrom one slot to the succeeding one, one stamp has been fed into themouth of the receiving-tray a in such a position that the inner end ofsaid stamp is directly in line with the cutting-blade. The arm n of thelever N now also having reached the succeeding slot to that in which itwas engaged is forced into said slot by spring a thus returning saidcutting-blade to its normal position,thereby severing the stamp from theroll and enabling it to drop into the receiving-tray a where it isremoved by the operator. The returning of said lever N to its normalposition also returns lever O to its normal position, as shown inFig. 1. The operator then releases button g, when, as will be readilyseen, the bolts G and H, lever L, and feed-bolt K return to their normalpositions, with the bolt K engaging the next succeeding lug f on wheelF. The return of the bolt G forces the cam h into engagement with arm 0,and forces the same outward, thereby forcing plate 0 outward to releasethe coins, as more fully described heretofore, when the device will bein position to be again operated.

In its normal position or when the spool has thereon a roll of stampsthe weight 1' of lever B will rest lightly on said roll, as shown inFig. 1, and as said roll is gradually fed from the spool will fall untilthe end of said roll is fed from said spool, when it will drop into theposition shown in Fig. 1 and the arm 0' engagewith the arm 1) of lever Pand force the slide across the coin-slot a to close the same.

The device as shown is for two-cent stamps where two pennies are used,but can easily be adjusted for a single coin without departing from thespirit of our invention.

Having now described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a vending-machine the combination with a feed-wheel; of a bolt;mechanism engaging with said bolt to operate said feedwheel; acoin-holding frame; a hinged plate, having at its lower end a flangeadapted to fit against said frame, when in its normal position, and acam pivoted to said bolt to engage said plate and force the sameoutward,

substantially as described.

2. In a vending-machine the combination with a pressure-roll; of afeed-wheel, having a series of slots on its periphery, and a series oflugs corresponding in number to said slots on one side of said wheel; afeed-bolt one end of which is adapted to engage one of said lugs; ahorizontal lever one end of which is adapted to engage the other end ofsaid bolt; a coin-frame adapted to hold one or more coins; a push-bolt,one end of which is adapted to enter one end of said coin-frame and engage the edge of one of said coins; a rear bolt adapted to enter theother end of said coinframe and engage the edge of one of said coins; alug on said rear bolt adapted to engage the other end of said lever; aU-shaped lever having at one end thereof a cuttingblade, and having itsother end adapted to engage with one of the series of slots in saidfeed-wheel; a spring adapted to bear against the rear end of said rearbolt, and a cam on said bolt adapted to engage with said hinged plateand open the same a sufficient width to drop the coins, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands, at New Haven, inthe county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, this 11th day of March,1899.

CHARLES A. DREISBACII. RAYMOND E. FUDGE.

\Vitnesses:

EDWIN J. DREISBACH, GEO. I-l. IIILLs.

